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Go Slideways wrote:Hi all, first post here.. I photographed an old speedway program from Palmy which has lots of cool pictures in it.

I like the Sunbeam Tigers, I think thats Blondie in the background.

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Awesome! There were a few of these Sunbeam Tiger speedway saloons being raced in the '70s. I assume they started out as Alpines? There is even one currently being raced as a Streetstock, which was one of the old original saloons rediscovered.
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Go Slideways wrote:Graeme Stretch racing his Ford V8 at Palmy, and a couple of photo's I took on 6th October 2009 shortly after the same car was rescued. I think it was found in a paddock in Pahiatua. The last time I saw this pretty cool car was in Jacob Bakers workshop in Palmy, Jacob still owns the car and it is being restored by Barr Motorsport . Graeme Stretch was the very first official 1NZ Stockcar Champion, not sure if it was in this car, but I'd love to know more about this car. I love the open exhaust pipes. I once visited a house down a long drive in Maxwells Line in Palmy that Graeme made several of his cars at, and there was a clean up going on. Unfortunately my mate and I were a week late and didn't have the chance to save some historic items. I think Pervy from Palmy might have got a couple of cars. We did buy a few interesting things including a Lincoln Zephyr V12 engine and about 100 hubcaps..

PS: I would absolutely love to see any pictures of Ian Taylor 21w or Ian "Jac Jac" Eston.

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I'm doing a project on Ian Taylor and Ian Easton and would love to see photo's or hear stories of these two.

Ian had a pretty cool Sprintcar, I admired the old school open faced helmet, no gloves, rolled up sleeves, open exhaust headers and I think dragster slicks on the rear attitude. I think he's still wearing his watch... no SNZ or Osh in those days.

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The body on the Graeme Stretch stockcar is a 1939/40 Willys coupe. Back when this car was being built in the 1960s, Willys coupe bodies were cheap. These days, they're incredibly desirable, at least as much so as 1932 Ford 3 window coupe bodies. The body alone in good condition would fetch US$20,000. Of course, its no longer in good condition, but still a fascinating historical piece.
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Graeme Stretch moved to Tauranga probably late 70's early 80's, he lived two streets over from my parents house, remember him visiting a few times back them, I know he had a son whom I think may still live in Tauranga, not sure? I remember him saying he was the first NZ stock Car Champion. Dale M


Go Slideways wrote:Graeme Stretch racing his Ford V8 at Palmy, and a couple of photo's I took on 6th October 2009 shortly after the same car was rescued. I think it was found in a paddock in Pahiatua. The last time I saw this pretty cool car was in Jacob Bakers workshop in Palmy, Jacob still owns the car and it is being restored by Barr Motorsport . Graeme Stretch was the very first official 1NZ Stockcar Champion, not sure if it was in this car, but I'd love to know more about this car. I love the open exhaust pipes. I once visited a house down a long drive in Maxwells Line in Palmy that Graeme made several of his cars at, and there was a clean up going on. Unfortunately my mate and I were a week late and didn't have the chance to save some historic items. I think Pervy from Palmy might have got a couple of cars. We did buy a few interesting things including a Lincoln Zephyr V12 engine and about 100 hubcaps..

PS: I would absolutely love to see any pictures of Ian Taylor 21w or Ian "Jac Jac" Eston.

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I'm doing a project on Ian Taylor and Ian Easton and would love to see photo's or hear stories of these two.

Ian had a pretty cool Sprintcar, I admired the old school open faced helmet, no gloves, rolled up sleeves, open exhaust headers and I think dragster slicks on the rear attitude. I think he's still wearing his watch... no SNZ or Osh in those days.

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I have a ton of old Speedway pics I took as kid, mostly Bay Park, Rotorua and the old Tokoroa tracks.......here's one I took of Bruce in the Rotorua pits in the early 70's. Dale M
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Kiwiboss wrote:Graeme Stretch moved to Tauranga probably late 70's early 80's, he lived two streets over from my parents house, remember him visiting a few times back them, I know he had a son whom I think may still live in Tauranga, not sure? I remember him saying he was the first NZ stock Car Champion. Dale M


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Steve Holmes wrote:Awesome! There were a few of these Sunbeam Tiger speedway saloons being raced in the '70s. I assume they started out as Alpines? There is even one currently being raced as a Streetstock, which was one of the old original saloons rediscovered.


Here's some more I found..

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Steve - would it be Ok if I put photo's of restored old speedway vehicles on here?

Or would you just like old photographs?

I have taken lots of photo's of restored cars, like this one at Harrisville.

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Here's some info and pictures on an old Sprintcar that my mate found in a barn some years ago.

The car was built in 1976 by Joe McQuarter in Whangarei using CAE plans (Jim Culbert Automotive Engineering USA).
It was one of several (6?) CAE Sprintcars in NZ around the early seventies.
Other CAE cars were owned by Willie Kay, Gary Murch, Bob Fulman.
The car runs a worked 283 Chev and puts out approx 400Hp. It uses a forklift radiator.


My mate Nathan holding one of the original wings.

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The photos of 7A were probably taken around 1996 when Warren Wilson was with HISCONZ. The second pic of 7A the guy with the cap is Warren Wilson who owned the car at the time.

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This photo was taken at the Kumeu Hot Rod Festival some years ago in the days Warren Wilson was considering the formation of a vintage club dedicated to early modifieds and sprintcars.

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I took this photo at Harrisville in 2012 of the restored car. I'm sorry I can't remember the owners name but he was a nice chap, from Hawkes Bay I think.. might be wrong.

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Steve Holmes wrote:In the speedway book I just finished, Shane McIntyre, from Hypermac, who builds very successful Super Saloons down in Cromwell, is featured. He sent me a scan of Stockcar & Speedway Sport magazine, from 1973. The Camaro on the cover was built by his Dad John, who was teamed up with Keith Marriott in the Shermac team.

They built this Camaro that raced out of Palmerston North. This is the same car raced a little while later by Ian Easton. The article said the Camaro started life as a 1972 Z28 that had been rolled. The magazine is from 1973, so the Camaro must have been wrecked almost straight off the showroom floor! The article says it had just 13,000 miles on it. There can't have been many new Camaros in NZ at the time, so this must have made news.

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I'd love to see the article on Ian Taylor and the Camaro that Jac Jac eventually drove in the magazine for research toward an upcoming video interview project I'm doing Steve, I've got several magazine's but not this one.

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I went to a Harrisville Classic Speedway Club day today and took this picture of an old Sprintcar that came from California without an engine and now runs a Hilborn Injected Chev. Sounds great.

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This car was having its first run at Harrisville after being recently imported from USA.

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Fantastic pictures Go Slideways, keep em coming............in the meantime when time allows I will add some of my old Stock car/Speedway pics. Dale
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Heres some old Bay Park Speedway pics from the early 70's...
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Dudley Jones from Te Puke with his son Colin at the wheel, Colin is probably around 14 or 15 years old in this pic...from memory it was flat head Dodge 6 powered........ Dale M
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The old Sunday News car at Harrisville

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Previous owners - Bill Bartlett, Walt James, Hank Becker

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Kiwiboss wrote:Fantastic pictures Go Slideways, keep em coming............in the meantime when time allows I will add some of my old Stock car/Speedway pics. Dale


I agree Go Slideways, keep 'em coming! You too Dale. Love these old speedway pics.
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This is the rest of the Camaro story Go Slideways. Hopefully its not too small to read? Am happy to email it to you if need be.

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I would be grateful if you could email me the articles thanks Steve. mailto:?subject=&body=

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